Redondo Beach born singer Chris Maddox went from being an Elvis impersonator to calling himself The Crisis Crooner and now sings parody songs inspired by the coronavirus. (Photo courtesy Chris Maddox).

As an Elvis impersonator, Chris Maddox is used to shaking his hips on stage with his tribute band Graceband.

But thanks to the novel coronavirus pandemic and stay-at-home order across the state, these days he’s performing from his closet and has become more like “Weird Al” Yankovic than the King.

“I felt like we really needed to laugh. People are driving themselves crazy with the amount of anxiety and fear,” said Maddox, who grew up in Redondo Beach and now lives in Carlsbad but still plays locally at places like Saint Rocke in Hermosa Beach with his Elvis tribute band.

So far some of his greatest hits include “Hand Spray,” sung to the tune of “My Way,” by Frank Sinatra.

“And now the end is near, I’ve touched my face, my fate is certain,” he sings at the beginning of the song.

Another tune is “I Walk The Dog,” a parody of Bon Jovi’s “You Give Love a Bad Name.” Maddox’s version is all about being stuck inside all day.

“Cooped up inside is where I’ve been. I met my whole family then met them again,” he sings, “I walked the dog five times today five times today, I went outside to feel great,” he continues.

And since Neil Diamond recently posted a different version of “Sweet Caroline,” where he changed some of the lyrics of his song to remind people to wash their hands, Maddox decided to go all out and wrote “Hand Sanitize,” to the tune of the song.

And why is he singing from the closet where people can see his clothes and suits hanging in the background?

Well, it’s his best space for a soundproof room/recording studio for him now.

“It’s the place I least offend my family and my neighbors because all my fine Men’s Wearhouse fabric sitting there absorbs most of the screaming and yelling and the whole thing I’m doing there,” he said.

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